Announcing Audible’s Highest Rated Audiobooks of 2016!

Works by Trevor Noah, Jodi Picoult, Brandon Sanderson, Bill O’Reilly,
and Michael Connelly Among the Top 20 Rated and Reviewed Audiobooks
Released in 2016

Doug Stanhope, Thandie Newton, Titus Welliver, and Trevor Noah Among
the Highest Rated Narrators of the Year

December 15, 2016 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Audible, Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable
audiobooks and other spoken word entertainment, today announced the
twenty highest rated audiobooks of 2016. This list was determined by the
customer ratings on Audible.com for titles released in 2016; eligible
audiobooks received at least 500 ratings and 150 reviews.

“Our listeners are incredibly passionate about outstanding listening
experiences, so we are delighted to showcase the audiobooks they rated
most highly and reviewed most often,” said Audible EVP and Publisher
Beth Anderson. “This rich mix of fiction, nonfiction, history, comedy,
memoir, science fiction, and more truly demonstrates the breadth of
Audible customers’ listening. Congratulations to all of these titles,
and the fine authors, performers, and publishers who have brought them
to life in audio.”

The full list includes*:

1) Born
a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah,
narrated by the author

The bestselling audiobook of the year on Audible was The Girl on
the Train by Paula Hawkins, narrated by Claire Corbett, Louise
Brealey, and India Fisher

The bestselling children’s audiobook of the year on Audible was Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim
Dale

The bestselling nonfiction audiobook of the year on Audible was The
Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by
Charles Duhigg, narrated by Mike Chamberlain

Audible members globally listened to an average of 17 audiobooks in
2016

Audible members around the world will listen to 2 billion hours of
Audible content in 2016, which is up from 1 billion in 2014

On weekdays, the most common time that Audible members listened to
audiobooks in 2016 was while commuting. On weekends, the most common
time was in the evening

Audible members listened to 30% more audio content on weekdays than on
weekends

Audible invented and commercialized the first digital audio player in
1997, and has since been at the forefront of the explosively growing
audiobook download segment. Audible members downloaded an average of
more than 17 books over the course of the year. More than half of new
Audible members are first-time audiobook buyers.

ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.

Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com,
Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium
digital spoken audio information and entertainment, offering customers a
new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created
to unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 325,000
audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters,
entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business
information providers. Audible is also the preeminent provider of
spoken-word audio products for Apple’s iTunes Store.